THE MIGRANT COMMISSION

With Biden preparing to take office, America sees a surge in arrivals at the border

Unauthorized entries are swelling in defiance of the lockdown President Donald Trump imposed on the border during the pandemic and shaping ...

Missing electoral rolls, alteration in constituency hampering voting in DDC polls in J&K: BJP

The State Election Commission (SEC) in Jammu and Kashmir had this time ordered the transfer of votes of Kashmiri migrants from their native...

With a commission of Rs 15, RBI’s Business Correspondents model might be failing Government's financial inclusion plans

In 2006, the RBI tried to increase banking outreach and pick up financial inclusion by introducing the Business Correspondent model to the ...

Election Commission makes actor Sonu Sood Punjab icon

Belonging to Moga district of Punjab, Sood catapulted to the national spotlight for his work in helping migrants reach their homes during t...

Central schemes helped BJP notch up numbers in Bihar elections

The Centre’s Garib Kalyan Rozgar Abhiyan (GKRA) – a bouquet of schemes targeted towards providing job opportunities across 116 districts to...

Bihar Elections: Higher voting in districts with more migrants

Voter turnout in the first two phases of Bihar election indicates an increase in voting percentage in districts where higher percentage of ...

Migrant workers pose problems for Nitish Kumar in East Champaran

After coming back, he found his house was under water due to flood and he spent a few days in the village school along with his family. Ask...

'Surveys on migrants and domestic staff aimed at policy interventions'

There will be household surveys for migrants. For domestic workers, we plan to include both households employing domestic workers and those...

First round of reskilling plan for 50,000 migrant workers in Bihar

In the first round, the government plans to provide short-term training in new skills and locally demanded jobs to more than 130,000 people...

Election Commission hopes for 60% turnout helped by women, migrants

This year though, the Election Commission of India hopes women and migrant workers will help the state breach the 60% mark. There are two f...

EC team tells officials to aim for higher turnout in Bihar, enroll all migrants

Bihar saw 56.6% polling in the 2015 elections, with women voter turnout being at 60.5%. The official quoted above said the focus is on ensu...

UP government plans life, medical, accidental death insurance for migrant workers

The CM is helming the Uttar Pradesh Labour (Employment Exchange and Job) Commission, which was formed in June with an objective to find gai...

MP forms migrant labour commission to provide employment

"We will make their livelihood in the state so comfortable that they will not have to go outside the state to earn their livelihood," Madhy...

Make data on stranded migrant workers public: CIC to govt

The Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed the government to make public data on migrant workers stranded in different parts of ...

Yogi Adityanath govt wants 'undertaking' from Maharashtra to employ UP workers; Karnataka govt supports migrant commission

Ministers and government officials in UP clarified that Adityanath’s statement calling for “permission by states to employ manpower from UP...

UP govt to set up a commission for employment of migrant labourers

​​ With over 23 lakh workers and migrants having returned to the state till Sunday, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has directed that a Migr...

3 states finalising databases for benefit of migrant workers

The migrant commission announced by the Uttar Pradesh government will map skills of workers who have returned to the state, providing data ...